Who says you have to spend a fortune on telescope equipment? In the current Sky at Night program, repeated on Saturday, the telescope they use as a backdrop...
I also found using the finderscope supplied difficult to master. As Adrian mentioned, I purchased a reflex finder which revolutionised my observing and I have...
Hi everyone! If anyone wants a cheap pair of binoculars then Lidl store on Shields Road, Walkergate, have Meade 10x50s for £14.99. They have the same spec. as...
With it being relatively clear last night I jumped at the opportunity to unveil the Dob. However with it taking longer to get fully dark at the western...
Hello Everyone Over the past week up here in hauxley we've been gifted a couple of very clear nights. These nights were clear enough for the milky way to be...
Hello Everyone Following on from Keiths low cost binoculars there are some low cost books at the works ( bargain book shop ) in eldon square near the leisure...
... From: white.keith@... Date: 08-May- 2005 23:21:47 To: nastro@yahoogroups.com Subj: [NASTRO] Meade Binoculars Hi everyone! If anyone wants a cheap...
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May 10, 2005 6:45 am
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Hi Martyn, As it happens, I also picked up a copy of 'Observing The Moon' by John S. Folkes, but I got mine at Book Depot on Royal Quays in North Shields....
... I bought is NOT up to the standard of say the Minolta Activa binoculars but they are easy to use and comfortable on the eye.<< Hi Ian, I suppose that's the...
Hi everyone, Thought I'd draw your attention to a nice astronomy planetarium program called Stellarium on the web. The menus and overall feel are perhaps less...
Hi folks I've enjoyed reading the reports which have been posted this week so I'll add my own observations from last night. I set the telescope up just...
Hi all, Martin, sounds like you're getting to know your scope better and are broardening your horizons so to speak. Nice report Adrian, some excellent...
Hi Austin, ... Some of the lesser observed objects are well worth hunting down. I was most taken with the open cluster NGC6633 in Ophiuchus. It's a real gem ...
Hi all, In my last 2 observation reports I talked about my use of coloured filters while observing Jupiter. The numbers used were wrong. The real numbers...
Hi Martyn Nice report and it seems that you are getting the hang of your telescope. I have still to see M13 but have seen the ring nebula a few times. ...
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May 12, 2005 12:47 pm
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Hi all, When I got home last night, put the car in the garage and stopped to look at Jupiter, I was unexpectedly treated to the full pass of the ISS, which...
Hi everyone! Just received a message from New Scientist website with a link to their newly launched website: http://www.newscientistspace.com/home.ns (that...
from terms and conditions Closing date for claims is 5pm BST Friday 20 May 2005. Any claims received after this time will not be accepted Keith wrote: - ... ...
... Closing date for claims is 5pm BST Friday 20 May 2005. Any claims received after this time will not be accepted<< Hi Austin, Oops, didn't read the offer...
I was looking out my bedroom window on Sunday evening and watched the sunset near the northwest. I had go at spotting Venus which is about 9 degrees to the...
hi everyone well my first scope arrived yesterday - unpacked it and eventually assembled everything correctly looked out of the window hopefully.............. ...
Hi Nigel, You are right about last night, but hang in there it gets better. What kind of scope did you buy? Sounds like a GoTo of some sort. Regards, Austin...
hi it was meade etx 125pe i know lots of people will say i should have got maybe a refractor or reflector as a newbie, but i am very impatient and wanted...
... I think it would be worth investing some time initially away from the telescope to learn the shapes of the constellations and where some of the brightest...
hi yeah thanks for that at the moment im browsing the net for sites also i bought 'astronomy for dummies' which is pretty good and ha web addresses on. ive...
Nigel, that's a belting little scope and you should get years of great use out of it. As for the streetlights, I've heard of guys turning them off by shining a...
Nigel, I forgot to mention SAS, I've only had a couple of encounters with them, last year when I was trying to negotiate an observing dome for NASTRO which...
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